<p>So, when you're looking for an internship or job, you're asked what your GPA is. I'm not at this point yet, but I'm doing some planning...</p>
<p>So:</p>
<p>What exactly do employers ask for? Do they want you major GPA, or your overall GPA? Do they just say GPA and leave it up to you to put whatever?</p>
<p>If they want your major GPA, say you have multiple majors, do you put individual ones, or an overall from all of them? If you put an overall do you have to also include WHAT all your majors are? (For instance, say I wanted my 3.0 in CS and 4.0 in easy A ******** to just look like a 3.5 in CS)</p>
<p>If they ask for overall GPA, can you include things like summer classes taken at a CC?</p>
<p>If someone asks you for your GPA, as long as both are good, I would respond with something like “My overall GPA is a 3.55 and my Electrical Engineering GPA is a 3.72”. If it’s a form, and it just asks for “GPA” then put in the overall. If you’re in doubt, you can put “3.55 (overall) 3.72 (major)” or something else like that.</p>
<p>You should be careful to report it as it’s written on the transcript. Don’t play games (i.e. report a 2.96 GPA as a “3.0”). Normally companies do not check during interviews, and might make you a job offer; but at some point almost every company does check (usually the week before you start when you also take your physical and drug test), and something as minor as a 0.01 difference between what you reported and what the school reported can be grounds to have your offer automatically rescinded.</p>
<p>No, what you’re proposing is the #1 reason students have their offers rescinded. Often, a student will attend school A for 3 years, then attend a more difficult engineering school (School B) for two years. The student will earn a 4.0 at School A, then a 2.0 at School B, and report that as 4.0<em>3/5 + 2.0</em>2/5 = 3.2 overall. That is not how GPA’s work. When a company asks for your GPA, they’re asking about the GPA from the degree granting school (in this case, engineering School B) only. You do not include credits from other schools in that calculation. By definition, your GPA is the number on your transcript, exactly as it is written. You do not calculate it yourself (though you do have to calculate major GPA, which is why many companies do not ask about that).</p>
<p>In the above case, you would list your GPA like this: </p>
<p>2.0 Overall GPA </p>
<p>or you can break it out like this if it’s more favorable:</p>
<p>4.0 Overall GPA School A
2.0 Overall GPA School B</p>
<p>If you’re receiving degrees from both schools:</p>
<p>B.S. Math GPA 4.00
B.S. Chemical Engineering GPA 2.00</p>
<p>No, what I put is correct. When a company comes to your school, they are comparing you against other students from that school. So if you went to your local community college, and earned a 4.0 for three years, then transferred to Stanford and earned a 2.0 for two years, it would be dishonest (compared to others that transferred in from a more difficult school or that were at Stanford straight through) to represent yourself as a Stanford graduate with a 3.2 GPA. The logical conclusion is that if you had been at Stanford for all 5 years, you would have graduated with a 2.0 GPA. </p>
<p>Similarly, if you started at MIT and had the equivalent of a 2.0 on a 4.0 scale for 3 years, then transferred to Clemson and earned a 4.0 on a 4.0 scale for 2 years, it’s unfair to you to include that MIT GPA in the calculation since an MIT “C” is not the same as a Clemson “C”. </p>
<p>So when you graduate, you list the GPA that will appear on the transcript from your degree granting school. The exception would be if you filled out an application that asked for all post-secondary schools attended and GPA. And, yes, this does mean that if you “stink it up” at one school, you can transfer to another and wipe the slate clean. Just keep in mind that if you have a bad GPA already, it’s difficult to transfer unless you go down the ladder (from a Tier 1 to a Tier 2 or 3, etc), which greatly affects who will hire you.</p>
<p>umm for resume, unless it is specified to put your cumulative GPA, you always put your highest GPA and list it as whatever it is (e.g. Major GPA: 3.55 or Cumulative GPA: 3.43). if they want your overall GPA, they will ask you later.</p>
<p>If you do that and end up getting an offer from the company you run a high chance of having it revoked. Always put your overall GPA as computed by the school you currently attend. If your major GPA is higher and you would like to put that as well, go ahead - but only listing your major GPA could get you into trouble in the long run. If your GPA was really low your freshman year, and you would like to show that you’ve made improvements you can list your soph year GPA along with your overall, etc…</p>